Perfect Flaky Cream Cheese Pastry (how-to)

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp

Cane sugar, granulated

2 1/2 cups

Gold medal all-purpose flour, unbleached such as

1 tsp

Nielsen-massey vanilla extract, pure such as

1/2 tsp

Sea salt, fine-grain

1 cup

Butter, unsalted

Philadelphia (8-ounce/226-gram) package chilled cream cheese, such as